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Table 2.23 (continued)
Category Family Genus

Gram-negative aerobic rods and cocci Halobacteriaceae Halococcus , Halobacterium ,

Methylophaga

Methylococcaceae Actinetobacter

Neisseriaceae Pseudomonas

Pseudomonadaceae Alcaligenes , Alteromonas

Alcaligenaceae Chromobacterium , Deleya

Flavobacterium
Janthinobacterium
Marinomonas, Paracoccus
Shewanella , Halomonas

Facultatively aerobic rods Enterobacteriaceae Serratia

Vibrionaceae Photobacterium , Vibrio

Listonella

Gram-negative anaerobic rods and cocci Haloanaerobiceae Halobacteroides

Desulfurococcaceae Desulfobacter

Desulfobulbus
Desulfosarcina
Desulfuromonas
Desulfovibrio

Gram-negative chemolithotrophs
(ammonia-or-nitrite-oxidizing bacteria)

Nitrobacteraceae Nitobacter , Nitrococcus , Nitrosococcus ,

Nitrospina , Nitromonas , Nitrosospira ,

Nitrospira

(Sulphur bacteria) - Macromonas, Thiobacillus, Thiomicrospora,

Thiovulum, Thiobacterium, Achromatium

Achromatiaceae

Methane bacteria Methanobacteriaceae Methanobacterium

Methanospirillum

Methanococcaceae Methanococcus

Methanomicrobiaceae Methanococcoides

Methanogenium
Methanomicrobium

Methanoplanaceae Methanoplanus

Methanosarcinaceae Methanosarcina

Micrococcaceae Micrococcus

Staphylococcus

Planococcaceae Marinococcus

Endospore-forming rods and cocci Bacillaceae Bacillus

Clostridiaceae Clostridium

Actinomycetes and related bacteria Actinomycetaceae Actinomycetes

Micromonosporoceae Micromonospora

Nocardiaceae Nocardia, Rghodococcus

Mycobacteriaceae Mycobacterium

Streptomycetaceae Streptomyces

Coryneforms ( Arthobacter , Brevibacterium ,

Corneybacterium , Curtobacterium )

Spirochaetes Spirochataceae Crispispira , Sprirochaeta